Jamaica, unite to avoid the vortex
IT IS critical for every Jamaican to truthfully evaluate him/herself and his/her actions in light of all the things that have been overrunning our country. We, as a nation, have become so arrogant and full of pride that many of us believe that we are too blessed as a nation to avoid a vortex – whether spiritual or physical.
A vortex is “a mass of fluid (such as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the centre of the circle and to draw towards this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action; (especially whirlpool/tornado/whirlwind, cyclone, hurricane, black-hole, swirl and so on)”. A spiritual vortex is moral degradation, backsliding and ethical downturn all spiralling out of control, bringing extremely uncontrollable crime and violence and economic fallout.
CONTINUED UNDERMINING
The nation has fragmented into different groups – some wanting to see the demise of the nation if their agenda is not put to the fore and accepted. Some in the political field say there is continued undermining on all sides. We continue to reject our own as not good enough; we promote divestment and put other nations’ interests ahead of our own welfare. Each time problems arise, we avoid workable solutions and shift to something else that brings further woes and waste.
We, as a nation, have five living prime ministers, past and present. God has kept them for a purpose, simply to bring healing to our nation. Yet there is a refusal to genuinely unite and bring healing. Past and present leaders continue to make deals with other countries without counting the cost to the nation and without checking motives and agendas; which will ultimately lead to our people being further shackled and enslaved.
We continue to murder each other with the tongue and also physically, then those in the hills who give the instructions get off scot-free (sometimes with a promotion), while the authorities zone in on those at the bottom of the hill. Soon after, the very instigators also come offering ‘solutions’ for the very thing they incited.
As a nation, we have exchanged God for lesser gods – greed, power, money. We are even ashamed to call the nation into a time of atonement to bring healing from some bad past decisions that have been made for the nation – not just in politics, but in every sector, including the Church that has generally become religious and blind, and has been compromised. The media also need to see and highlight the good, not just the negative. They, too, must change or else everybody in the boat will suffer.